Display · Digitized by Peter Wiegel
Isar CAT
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CSSfont-family: 'Isar CAT', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Isar CAT is a free display font by Digitized by Peter Wiegel, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Isar CAT has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 66% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Glyphs Sapperlot
Isar CAT on one light table with its two closest fonts, Glyphs Sapperlot (88 out of 100) and Alumni Sans Inline One (85). Glyphs Sapperlot is 15% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 59% taller; Alumni Sans Inline One is 54% heavier and 22% narrower, with an x-height 13% taller.
Isar CAT and Glyphs Sapperlot laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Isar CATGlyphs Sapperlot…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Isar CAT alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Isar CAT at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Isar CAT, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Digitized by Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Isar CAT”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Isar CAT is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Isar CAT comes from Peter Wiegel. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Peter Wiegel first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Isar CAT, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Isar CAT under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Isar CAT, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 64.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.68lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 66% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Isar CAT
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Glyphs Sapperlot88x-height 59% taller · 15% lighter · 7% wider
- Alumni Sans Inline One8554% heavier · 22% narrower · x-height 13% taller
- Ewert72x-height 59% taller · 56% wider · 17% lighter
- Bigshot One7122% heavier · 9% wider
- Kelly Slab68x-height 14% taller · 10% lighter · 3% wider
- Zina6730% wider · x-height 25% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Isar CAT →Compare side by side →Get Isar CAT on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Isar CAT without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Isar CAT sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Isar CAT loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.4% of its size, so running text keeps Isar CAT’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Isar CAT Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.41%;
ascent-override: 41.97%;
descent-override: 9.46%;
line-gap-override: 1.23%;
}
font-family: 'Isar CAT', 'Isar CAT Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Isar CAT
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Isar CAT free for commercial use?
Yes. Isar CAT is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Isar CAT”.
How do I download and install Isar CAT?
Isar CAT comes free from Peter Wiegel . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Isar CAT in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Isar CAT comes from Peter Wiegel. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Isar CAT have?
Isar CAT comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Isar CAT?
Isar CAT was designed by Digitized by Peter Wiegel.
What fonts are similar to Isar CAT?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Glyphs Sapperlot (88), Alumni Sans Inline One (85) and Ewert (72), out of 100. Next to Isar CAT, Glyphs Sapperlot is 15% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 59% taller. See all 100 fonts like Isar CAT.